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Latitude : the true story of the world's first scientific expedition / by Crane, Nicholas,author.(CARDINAL)741855;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-245) and index."Crane, the former president of the Royal Geographic Society, documents the remarkable expedition undertaken by a group of twelve European adventurer-scientists in the mid-eighteenth century. The team spent years in South America, scaling volcanoes and traversing jungles before they achieved their goal of establishing the exact shape of the Earth by measuring the length of 1 degree latitude at the equator"--
Subjects: Discoveries in geography.; Discoveries in science.; Latitude; Scientific expeditions;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Latitude zero / by Renn, Diana.(CARDINAL)548712;
Tessa, an aspiring investigative journalist, travels to Ecuador as she investigates the sudden death of young cycling superstar Juan Carlos Macias-León at a charity bike ride.HL680LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Cycling; Bicycles; Bicycle racing; Murder; Investigative reporting; Reporters and reporting; Organized crime;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Latitude & longitude by Williams, Brian,1943-(CARDINAL)504149;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Hidden latitudes / by Anderson, Alison.(CARDINAL)395043;
The story of the aviatrix Amelia Earhart, some 40 years after her disappearance on her round-the-world flight. It is told as she spies on a young couple, repairing their boat on her island while sailing in the Pacific. She never reveals herself. A first novel.
Subjects: Sea fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Fiction.; Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937; Americans; Sailing;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Hard latitudes / by Birtcher, Baron R.(CARDINAL)541040;
"The fourth installment in Baron R. Birtcher's bestselling Mike Travis series begins when a botched blackmail scheme draws Mike, an ex-Homicide cop, back from Hawaii to Los Angeles to the aid of his estranged brother, a man of privilege with the soul of a predator. A seemingly arbitrary act of violence in Macau has initiated a chain of events that ripples across the Pacific, developing into a thunderstorm of murder, extortion and betrayal half a world away." --Dust jacket.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Criminal investigation; Ex-police officers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Pirate latitudes / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008.(CARDINAL)125108;
English Captain Charles Hunter and his crew of ruffians sail from colonial Jamaica to infiltate a Spanish-controlled port, commandeering the galleon El Trinidad and its fortune in gold after a bloody battle.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Pirates;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 14
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Pirate latitudes [sound recording] / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008.(CARDINAL)125108; Lloyd, John Bedford.nrt; HarperCollins (Firm); Recorded Books, LLC.;
Narrated by John Bedford Lloyd.The Caribbean, 1665. Pirate captain Charles Hunter, with backing from a powerful ally, assembles a crew of ruffians to take the Spanish galleon, "El Trinidad," guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself.System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Adventure fiction.; Historical fiction.; Governors; Hijacking of ships; Pirates; Pirates;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Pirate latitudes [sound recording] / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008,author.(CARDINAL)125108; Lloyd, John Bedford.nrt(CARDINAL)535756; Harper Audio (Firm).(CARDINAL)539013;
Read by John Bedford Lloyd.The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses. In this steamy climate there's a living to be made, a living that can end swiftly by disease - or by dagger. For Captain Charles Hunter, gold in Spanish hands is gold for the taking, and the law of the land rests with those ruthless enough to make it. Word in port is that the galleon El Trinidad, fresh from New Spain, is awaiting repairs in a nearby harbor. Heavily fortified, the impregnable harbor is guarded by the bloodthirsty Cazalla, a favorite commander of the Spanish king himself. With backing from a powerful ally, Hunter assembles a crew of ruffians to infiltrate the enemy outpost and commandeer El Trinidad, along with its fortune in Spanish gold. The raid is as perilous as the bloodiest tales of island legend, and Hunter will lose more than one man before he even sets foot on foreign shores, where dense jungle and the firepower of Spanish infantry stand between him and the treasure...
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sea stories.; Adventure fiction.; Audiobooks.; Pirates; Ship captains; Hijacking of ships; Audiobooks.;
Available copies: 33 / Total copies: 39
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Latitudes piratas / by Crichton, Michael,1942-2008.(CARDINAL)125108;
English Captain Charles Hunter and his crew of ruffians sail from colonial Jamaica to infiltrate a Spanish-controlled port, commandeering the galleon El Trinidad and its fortune in gold after a bloody battle.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Sea fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Governors; Piracy; Hijacking of ships; Pirates; Ship captains; Naval history, Modern; Spanish language materials.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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High latitudes : an Arctic journey / by Mowat, Farley.(CARDINAL)146781;
Subjects: Biographies.; Mowat, Farley; Natural history; Interviews;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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